"LOCAL 2 NEWS" AT 6:00. LIGHTNING FROM TODAY'S STORMS LED TO A SHELTER-IN-PLACE IN ATASCOCITA. LIGHTNING HIT A TANK, CAUSING A HUGE EXPLOSION. AND THOSE STORMS PUSHED THROUGH ALL DAY, FORCING HOUSTONIANS TO HUDDLE FOR SAFETY FROM THE RAIN. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I'M IRIKA SARGENT. THE WEATHER PUT A HUGE DAMPR ON PEOPLE'S PLANS. KHAMBREL MARSHALL IS IN THE SEVERE WEATHER ALERT WITH A CHECK OF HOW MUCH RAIN WE SAW. NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF RAIN AMOUNTS, IRIKA, BUT AS YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, DOESN'T MATTER HOW WIDESPREAD THEY ARE, WHERE YOU ARE, IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING, IT CAN BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION. HERE'S EXACT TRACK RADAR RIGHT NOW AT 6:00 AND THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON, WE'VE SEEN THE SHOWERS ALONG THE COAST, NOW START TO MOVE UP. WE HAD A MARINE WARNING HERE IN GALVESTON. NOW IN COLLEGE STATION WHERE THEY HAD THE GAME GOING ON, STRONG STORMS EARLIER, NOW DISSIPATING, RIGHT IN PLACE WHERE THEY ARE. TAKE A LOOK WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE OFF THE COAST, A WATER SPOUT FROM BILL BANCHEN, 1/4 INCH IN GALVESTON, AN INCH IN CLEVELAND. WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT HOW MUCH RAIN WE CAN EXPECT GOING FORWARD AND HOW THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE GOING FORWARD FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, KHAMBREL. AS WE MENTIONED, PART OF ATASCOCITA WAS UNDER A SHELTER-IN-PLACE ORDER THIS AFTERNOON AFTER LIGHTNING HILT A STORAGE TANK. IT CAUSED AN EXPLOSION AND A GAS LEAK. AMANDA PEREZ IS LIVE AT THE SCENE TONIGHT WITH MORE ON WHAT HAPPENED. AMANDA? Reporter: IRIKA, EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SAY THAT STORAGE TANK ENDED UP RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF ATASCOCITA ROAD. WITNESSES SAY THEY SAW THE LIGHTNING AND THEN HEARD THE EXPLOSION. THE ATASCOCITA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS THIS STORAGE TANK WAS HOLDING METHYL MASTER CAPTAIN, THE AGENT THAT CAUSES NATURAL GAS TO SMELL. JUST BEFORE 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON, IT ENDED UP ON ATASCOCITA ROAD AFTER IT WAS APPARENTLY HIT BY LIGHTNING. BRANDON LIVES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEARBY. HE SAYS HE WAS OUTSIDE WHEN HE HEARD THE CRACK OF LIGHTNING AND THEN SAW SOMETHING FLYING. I COULD SEE OVER THE TREES, OVER THE HOUSES, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE A PATIO FURNITURE OR SOMETHING. MAN, IT WAS LIKE AN EXPLOSION AND IT BLEW UP LIKE PAST THE TREES OVER THE -- I'VE NEVER SEEN NOTHING LIKE THAT IN MY LIFE. Reporter: THE CHEMICAL RELEASE CAUSED OFFICIALS TO ISSUE A SHELTER-IN-PLACE THAT LASTED LESS THAN TWO HOURS. THEY SAY THE TANK ALSO STRUCK A VEHICLE ON THE ROADWAY BUT NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. IT'S A METERING STATION AND THE TANK THAT ACTUALLY EXPLODED WAS AN ETHYL MASTER CAPTAIN TANK AND THAT IS THE FORMULA THAT THEY PUT IN THE NATURAL GAS SO THAT IT SMELLS AND YOU CAN SMELL IT WHEN YOU HAVE A LEAK WITHIN YOUR HOUSE AND THAT WAS THE ACTUAL CHEMICAL THAT WAS INSIDE THE TANK. Reporter: THAT SHELTER-IN-PLACE WAS LIFTED JUST BEFORE 3:00 AND JUST WITHIN THE LAST HOUR OR SO, CREWS REMOVED THAT TANKER FROM HERE AT THE SCENE. THEY ARE STILL HERE WORKING TO CLEAR EVERYTHING UP.

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